Speaking to Survival, two tribal women said, ‘We won’t
leave our land. We will use all our strength to make them
[Vedanta] leave this place. Let us live our lives in
peace.’Protesters in London also joined the
call to end Vedanta’s long-contested bauxite project, by
demonstrating outside the Indian High Commission on
Thursday.Survival’s Director Stephen Corry said today,
‘Thursday’s protest in Niyamgiri shows, once again, the
unyielding strength of the Dongria Kondh, who have been
burdened for years by the insufferable fear of losing their
land. Shutting the refinery brings them a step closer to
protecting their mountain once and for all, but its closure
must be permanent.’

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